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J.T. SUTHERLIN

UNIQUE/ANOINTED/ GIFTED/CRAZY SINGER/SONGWRITER

About Me

I WAS BORN DEC.6, 1980 IN RICHMOND, VA . RAISED IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, SO I AM A COUNTRY BOY WITH AN URBAN FLAIR. MY HERITAGE IS WEST INDIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND AFRO-AMERICAN. I HAVE BEEN SINGING SINCE AGE 4, GIFTED ON THE KEYS SINCE AGE 10. I ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FROM 1998-2002. I WAS MUSICAL DIRECTOR AT LEBANON WORSHIP CENTER FROM AGE 10-24. I PLAY WITH VARIOUS JAZZ BANDS LIKE SHANICE JAMES, AND HAVE DIRECTED MANY COMMUNITY GROUPS PARTICIPATED WITH THE GOSPEL WORKSHOP OF AMERICA. I AM VERY DIVERSE AND PERFORMED VARIOUS GENRES OF MUSIC FROM JAZZ TO GOSPEL TO R&B TO WORLD TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO NEO SOUL ETC.I HAVE OPENED FOR ARTIST LIKE VANESSA BELL-ARMSTRONG/VICKIE WINANS/ DANIEL WINANS/ AND HAVE BACKED PREACHERS LIKE DR. CINDY TRIMM/ VITA NICKELS/ TERESA SUTHERLIN/ TO NAME A FEW SPECIALITY IN PROPHETIC WORSHIP AND ORCHESTRAL TRACKS AND KINGDOM WORSHIP

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Member Since: 10/26/2006
Band Members: New G-One More Chance

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Influences:I AM INFLUENCED BY SINGERS LIKE JOHN LEGEND, CARL THOMAS, PATTI LABELLE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, BETTYE NELSON, TONEX, LUTHER VANDROSS, KELLY PRICE, THE CLARKS SISTERS , NIKKI ROSS, KAREN CLARK, TWINKIE CLARK, KIM BURRELL, STEVIE WONDER, KURT CARR,FANTASIA, DONNIE M, DARYL COLEY, J MOSS, VANESSA BELL-ARMSTRONG *ETC......KEYS: URBAN AND JAZZ MIX OF CRAZY CHORDS AND COMPLEX HARMONIES, YET A TOUCH OF CLASSICAL AND TRADITIONAL TRANSITIONS WITH A HINT OF GOSPEL. TWINKIE CLARK/COGIC/BILLY PRESTON APPROACH TO HAMMOND ORGAN B-3/(ROLAND VK-7) WITH A PERSONAL/MODERN TOUCH OF JAZZ STRUCTURE AND URBAN TRANSITION WITH A TOUCH OF DISSONANCEVOCALS: SULTRY YET CLEAN AND CLEAR, 3.5 OCTAVE RANGE JAZZ AND GOSPEL INFLUENCE/ CLASSICALLY TRAINED / SOULFUL SINGER WITH AN INTERNATIONAL/ JAZZ/WORLD APPEAL. "You know musicians are strange so you can't read us like normal people/ creative and crazy is not that different :)"
Sounds Like: MYSELF OF COURSE/ REMINDS YOU OF/DEPENDING ON HOW I FEEL/ LOL CARL THOMAS, JOHN LEGEND, STEVIE WONDER, MARVIN SAPP, DARYL COLEY AND MALE VERSONS OF : KIM BURRELL, TWINKIE CLARK, FANTASIA, KAREN CLARK,
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